Fire of Orthanc
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth 127 • common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Collector number
- 127
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Jeremy Paillotin
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
Destroy target artifact or land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
The barricade was scattered as if by a thunderbolt.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Fire of Orthanc card was released in 2023 as part of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, a collaborative expansion between Wizards of the Coast and Middle-earth Enterprises. Designed for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, the card depicts the industrial destruction orchestrated by Saruman within the fortress of Isengard. It was created to represent the flavor of the source material while serving a specific mechanical function within the game’s black-aligned spell cycles.
The artwork for this card was commissioned from illustrator Lucas Graciano, who utilized a dramatic, high-contrast style to capture the fires of industry rising against the ancient stone of Orthanc. The design focuses on the visual tension between nature and artifice, a recurring theme in J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. Upon release, the set was noted for its success in blending traditional fantasy aesthetics with the established mechanics of the game, and the card was widely distributed through booster packs and thematic starter decks.
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